The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-10-07
EBENSBURG, PA. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1887.
a FUNERAL rYRE.
Cremation OF a IIiudoo RaJah ut Etretat,
France.

Etrctat has n sensation IN tho death Of
a rel IinIco Prince. This parsonage
WAS the Egiuh Abu Sahi5-kuIuIJrID,
who lately arrived there from Nice with
a suite of Gwelve persons, al natives OF
iIirdusJaE. The ltajah left hIS own
COUatrv IL search OF medical relief from
a tusor IN the throat, which some
months so already threatened las death
The rc,lOwu of French surgery had
Fcachst his cars, even II Als palace on
tls shore Of tho Ganges. Alter having
been comfortably settled II Nice Tor
some time nc Wiz suddenly forced 10
leave by tho advent Of tho cholera. liLS
condition had become worse instead "I
better. and iOug list oi doctors had
Itrcy.i their inability - cure him.
When tho uomgnt Of the supreme
agony approached and his scryitUrs knew
that lc LJj upt ten minutes longer -
live. they lifted him Up from the bel and
laid him down upou the ground. Tor, &c
CurdIGg 10 the prvccut~ Oi bLuill>n- the
soul OF the dcal must first come il CON
tact with tho soil before II can 20 Tor
w-rl - tho next st-gc IL IL march to-
v..r.!s pcri-cLyn- \ st82G ing "llS placed
under the head OF TIE dying klJaL and
thus he br-sItLed Ms last.
The rriaIiE - and dgIu<s'ics or tho do
ceased Prir-c declared that ms body
III lNG blfL-t-l A4lE A4L-4'-''r
rite. They applied - the Mare Oi Etre-
TIT fur peralesiop - carry out this rite
That fuuCtiuuGry was IT first much per
picked There was nothing - the man
Uul III Ina-isLr.It- that related 70 CrG-l,.-
ton neither the Code nor She tousL.-I-
tiyu mentioned il. He finally, however,
trlr-srapL=I u the Project OF the Depart
uleut: thc Prei,7,I consulted the Minister
Ui th- Interior and Tia iunGr-- rte WHs
authorized
Tue decomposition Of tho corpse had
been very rapid and the case had become
an urgent one. The MAire merely cN-
acted vi the lIIudOOS the greatest -dlscre-
ton
on Tuesday night, in the presence Of
that worthy magistrate and ~ several
doctors among then DR. Kennedy, an
American the body was carried down -
the beach at the fOOs OF the nigh ClIiIs,
whore = funeral pyrc had been prepared
Dv the Ii!ujOo5 IL was in h. I--u4 Ot =
couch SUi v4s composed Ci Gl-eru4t= lay
rTS Uf I2g3t- and chips, the LATER being
well saturated with oil and p-tTple
Ou ton DI this wsls = bed yi hay and upon
this repg~ed the departed Eal2h. Then
the i-gDLs and saturated chips were piled
MP sti!. higher and the tnrrL WIS applied
III the summit.
Tho rr1cc-s # combustion lastcd from
, . clock 10 8 in thc morning. After L.
vas over, tAe friends and servants %. tho
! deceased performed diver ceremonies.
The ashes were divided into tlro4 parts
one wa c--g 10 the winds, tine second
Era- thrown into the SCI. AMI tsr ,uIrd
NE.ss gathered into an urn .uI viii hs.
taken nome 10 the native country ~ tho
Isag SIN.
\ lew Of the habituc5 and residents Of
Etrc.&. were present a. the spcr-a-i=, Dut
u IHuch larger number hurried down To-
the beach soon after rising from their
beds To Wow the remains u the funeral
pyrr and to gather some memcntpes Of
the event. 4 little OF tho ashes was still
visible, and tine soil about the spot slIu
-avs luTtE AZ unusual LoaL